ASANTE KENTE CLOTH ARCHIVES, Ghana

The textiles below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 1003, 47" high x 81" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 1004, 44" high x 78" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 1009, 44" high x 76" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 1012, 45" high x 75" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 1013, 46" high x 75" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 1020, 44" high x 71" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 1022, 47" high x 81" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 3001, 46" high x 79" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 3005, 54" high x 72" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 3006, 46" high x 78" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 3003, 31" high x 77" long, $250, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 3004, 41" high x 82" long, $300, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 4002, 51" high x 78" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 5001, 44" high x 86" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 5002, 39" high x 74" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Style Cloth 5003, 43" high x 80" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 5004, 42" high x 74" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 5005, 41" high x 72" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 5006, 38" high x 77" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 6002, 32" high x 74" long, $350, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 6003, 46" high x 72" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 6004, 46" high x 76" long, $SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 12, 46" high x 78" long, SOLD

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 11, 40" high x 74" long, $400

ASANTE, Kente Cloth 7, 44" high x 70" long, SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 1 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 1 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 1 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 3 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 3 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 3 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 4 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 4 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 4 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 5 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 5 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 5 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 6 45x75", SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 6 45x75", SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 6 45x75", SOLD

ASANTE, KENTE CLOTH 9 SOLD

ASANTE, KENTE CLOTH 9 SOLD

ASANTE, KENTE CLOTH 9 SOLD

ASANTE, KENTE CLOTH 10 SOLD

ASANTE, KENTE CLOTH 10 SOLD

ASANTE, KENTE CLOTH 10 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 13 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 13 SOLD

ASANTE KENTE CLOTH 13 SOLD

Most of these textiles are authentic but with little use and age.

Woven in narrow warp strips of rayon, formerly silk, this textile begins and ends with a "head" of five design blocks. The name for each Kente pattern is derived from the warp striping, though the designs in the weft are also significant and have names. The wearing of Kente was once the prerogative of the king and high-ranking chiefs, but today it can be worn by other Asante on formal occasions. This size cloth is worn by a woman; a full man's kente is usually about 7 x 11 feet.

Colors are most accurate in the details and enlarged pictures. There is a lot of optical mixing of small bits of color in the thumbnail pictures of the full cloths.

Numbers 11-13 show some of the more modern Kente patterns.